With Verizon Wireless estimated to have sold roughly 300,000 Droid X smartphones, the powerful handset is fast becoming the best-selling Android-powered device.
But new adopters will have to wait until at least Aug. 4 to get one. Analyst Mark McKechnie of Gleacher and Company has found that the phones are out of stock at Verizon stores everywhere, and Motorola, riding high as it’s about to release quarterly figures, is expected to ramp up production of the Droid X.
More Antenna Static
All this comes as Apple continues to catch flak over an iPhone 4 antenna problem. Perhaps feeling a threat, the company posted on a web page a video of the Droid X supposedly having its own signal problems when held the same way that causes the iPhone 4 problems — with fingers touching the edge of the device. But several bloggers said they could not duplicate that in their own tests of the Droid X.
Meanwhile, as the iPhone 4 launches in more countries, a poll of consumers in the United Kingdom found that one in four are less likely to buy an iPhone because of media coverage of the antenna issue, and three out of five said they have no intention of buying an iPhone. Forty-five percent of current iPhone users said they were less likely to upgrade from the iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4.
The negative media coverage was seen by 82 percent of iPhone owners and 57 percent of consumers overall, the Opinium Research survey of 2,089 adults between July 16 and July 19 found.
“With 90 percent of iPhone owners stating that they are satisfied with the level of service they receive, it’s interesting to compare how few people would now purchase an iPhone after the media attention surrounding the antenna fiasco,” said James Endersby, managing director of Opinium Research. “Our…